Finance

Deschutes County will mail 110,438 property tax statements by Monday, Oct. 25. Annual property tax bills are only mailed once a year, but property owners may pay their bills in up to three installments:

Deschutes County residents can now apply for new dog licenses and renew dog licenses online. Online dog licensing information is available at www.deschutes.org/dogs.

State law and county code require that all dogs that are six months and older be licensed through the County. Residents who are new to the County must license their dogs within 30 days of moving to Deschutes County. New dog owners must license their dog within 30 days of becoming the owner of a dog.

A public hearing will be held by Deschutes County on Wednesday, September 27th, 2021, at 1:00 p.m., in the Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 1300 NW Wall Street, Bend, Oregon.  The purpose of the hearing is to consider the amendment of recommended fees and charges for providing services within the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office.  Fees and charges are reviewed and considered on the basis of the actual cost of providing services.  All interested parties may appear and be heard at the hearing.

Deschutes County has earned the Government Finance Officers Association Triple Crown Medallion for winning all three annual awards granted by the association in one year.

The county’s work on its FY 2020 financial reports won it the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, as well as the Popular Annual Financial Reporting Award, and the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award.

The Bulk Filing feature is used to complete multiple tax forms at once. It is designed to be a copy/paste from an Excel workbook. All of the columns in Bulk Filing are sortable, so if you sort Bulk Filing and your Excel document by account number, you will be able to copy everything into Bulk Filing in the correct columns. IMPORTANT - Please sort Account Numbers from lowest to highest on BOTH the import spreadsheet and in MUNIRevs Bulk Filing so the data fields match up. Use the red Remove button if you do not want to complete a tax return using Bulk Filing.

The Board of County Commissioners has approved Deschutes County's fiscal year 2021-22 budget. The action followed a series of public meetings and hearings by the county’s budget committee in early June.

The newly adopted budget for the County and six service districts totals $653,465,491 which includes property taxes, dedicated state and federal funds, grants, fees for service, and other revenue sources.

Deschutes County has released its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2022.

The total proposed budget, including County Service Districts, is $634,746,104, which represents an increase of 23 percent increase from last year’s adopted budget.

Changes from last year are largely being driven by the addition of $38 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding and $41 million in capital investments.

Pursuant to the Governor’s Executive Order No. 20-16, which defines rules for public meetings, including local budget meetings, during the COVID-19 emergency period, publication requirements of budget committee meeting notices may be satisfied by posting the notice in a prominent manner on the internet.

Deschutes County has released this year’s Popular Annual Financial Report (PAFR), a summary guide to the in-depth County annual financial report. The PAFR is designed to help taxpayers understand County financial data.

Both reports reflect information from the 2019-2020 Fiscal Year.

“We hope this report is a helpful tool for residents to better understand the County’s finances,” said County Treasurer Greg Munn.

Deschutes County residents who need to make a second trimester property tax payment can drop off payments at the County’s new payment drop box in Redmond. 

The new dropbox, which is located behind Redmond City Hall at 411 SW 9th St., opens today. It will be open during trimester property payment tax windows, which occur in late October to mid-November, late January to mid-February and late April to mid-May.